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Business Insider A web browser extension lets you change the color theme of websites from bright and/or white to dark mode. The extension is called Dark Reader, and it’s available for free for Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. Dark modes on pretty much everything — including operating systems, apps, and websites — are much more comfortable […]

If the drugs test positive, they might choose not to use them or choose to use less of them. According to a new report by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, fentanyl is now the deadliest drug in America and was linked to nearly 29% of all overdose deaths in 2016. The synthetic […]

The best use for a Roomba this holiday season isn’t mopping up after a spirited Christmas Eve — if you’re a gamer, that is. This week, industry veteran Rich Whitehouse published a tool that can generate levels in id Software’s iconic first-person shooter, Doom, from real-life interiors mapped by iRobot’s autonomous vacuum. He christened it “Doomba,” a […]

Google is always rolling out interesting new web apps for their users to test out. Most of these apps are one-off side projects that never really go anywhere, such as Chrome Music Lab’s “Song Maker” tool, which launched back in March. Even if the apps always remain smaller experiments, they can still be entertaining to […]

Photo: Jayne Kamin-Oncea (Getty) Today in highly curated but genuinely heart-warming parenting moments: LeBron delivering a pick-me-up talk to teary 11-year-old son Bryce after a basketball game. The specificity really sells it: Bron’s famous eidetic memory is always running, it looks like. It’s probably just as useful when operating as floor general or as dad. […]

As critics blast President Donald Trump for suggesting he might “intervene” in the Justice Department’s pending prosecution of a prominent Chinese executive so his administration can resolve a growing trade dispute with China, the Justice Department’s top national security official on Wednesday insisted his prosecutors will not be influenced by what the White House does. […]